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Dutch Voight (1888–1986), gang leader in Galveston. Tex Watson (born 1945), convicted murderer, former member of the Charles Manson "Family". Cameron Todd Willingham (1968–2004), convicted and executed for the murder of his children; verdict has been challenged. Susan Wright (born 1976), convicted murderer.
1971. Former President of Texas A&M University; former vice president and chief executive officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. [87] Alvin Luedecke. 1932. Former President of Texas A&M University. Juan L. Maldonado. Attended 1967–1970 with studies in engineering. President of Laredo Community College since 2007.
Jean Brooks, actress. Karamo Brown, television personality and activist. William Broyles Jr., screenwriter. Bun B, rapper, one half of the rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz), raised in Houston. David Anthony Burke (D4vd), rapper. Ingrid Burley, rapper and songwriter. Johnny Bush, country singer.
Gibby Haynes, singer/musician with Butthole Surfers. Jerry Haynes, children's TV show host ( Mr. Peppermint, Peppermint Place) Josh Henderson, actor (John Ross from Dallas) Nekeshia Henderson, basketball player. Don Henley, musician. Grant Hill, Hall of Fame basketball player and Vice Chair of the Board for the Atlanta Hawks.
List of Alamo defenders. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas) in putting up armed resistance to the centralization of the Mexican government. [1] President Antonio López de Santa Anna and the ...
William P. Atkinson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman. Claude W. Black Jr., Baptist minister, civil rights leader, City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore. Augustus Belknap, Union Army officer, railway executive, and city alderman [1] Bill Blythe, member of the Texas House of representatives. Mario Cantu, Chicano activist.
Lucy G. Acosta (1926-2008), activist and political appointee. [1] Suzie Azar (born 1946), aviator, politician and first woman to serve as mayor of El Paso. [2] Kathleen Cardone (born 1953), United States District Judge. [3] Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), first woman elected to office in the city of El Paso.
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Austin, Texas, and its surrounding metropolitan area.It does not include people whose only connection with the city is attending the University of Texas; see: List of University of Texas at Austin alumni